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Machelle Wilchesky

ResearcherFamily MedicineMcGill University

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Machelle Wilchesky

Researcher

Family Medicine

Health Sciences

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
14 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 6 research grants (6 CIHR), most recently in 2023.

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Research

Long-Term Care Dementia Depression Diagnostic Accuracy Geriatric Depression Scale Geriatrics Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis Mental Health

Latest papers

Implementation of pharmacists' services into the care trajectory of older adults with neurocognitive disorder in multidisciplinary primary care clinics: A mixed-methods study.
Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2026
Barriers and facilitators to implement innovations in Canadian long-term care facilities: a longitudinal study of organizational readiness for knowledge translation.
Implementation science communications · 2026
Credentialed art therapy as a non-pharmacological intervention for neuropsychiatric symptoms reduction in persons living with dementia-a systematic review and meta-analysis.
International psychogeriatrics · 2026 · senior author

All 28 publications

Latest funding

McGill-MOBILHUB: Mobilization Hub for Knowledge, Education, and Artificial Intelligence/Deep Learning on Brain Health and Cognitive Impairment in Aging.
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$25,000
Recovering from the COVID-19 Pandemic, Informing Future Public Health Crises, and Building a Global Evidence Base for Mental Health Research: A Systematic Review of COVID-19-related Mental Health
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$233,325
Recovering from the COVID-19 Pandemic, Informing Future Public Health Crises, and Building a Global Evidence Base for Mental Health Research: A Systematic Review of COVID-19-related Mental Health
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 14 grants and awards

28 publications.

Implementation of pharmacists' services into the care trajectory of older adults with neurocognitive disorder in multidisciplinary primary care clinics: A mixed-methods study.

Bonnan D, Kröger E, Maheu A, Morin M, Bélanger L, Vedel I, Wilchesky M, Sirois C, Dallaire C, Durand É, Couturier Y, Sourial N, Guénette L

Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.rcsop.2026.100786 PMID: 42100106

Barriers and facilitators to implement innovations in Canadian long-term care facilities: a longitudinal study of organizational readiness for knowledge translation.

Hardy MS, Attieh R, Sasseville M, Laberge M, Couture V, Wilchesky M, Côté A, Dallaire C, Gagnon MP

Implementation science communications2026

DOI: 10.1186/s43058-026-00984-1 PMID: 42321943

Credentialed art therapy as a non-pharmacological intervention for neuropsychiatric symptoms reduction in persons living with dementia-a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Guseva E, Vedel I, Gore G, Lungu O, Ismail Z, Wittich W, Wilchesky M

International psychogeriatrics2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.inpsyc.2026.100218 PMID: 42185187

Family physician and specialist care for persons with dementia living in the community: through thick and thin.

Cetin-Sahin D, Sourial N, Bronskill SE, Seitz D, Maclagan LC, Godard-Sebillotte C, Massamba VK, Rochette L, Wilchesky M, Feldman S, Gruneir A, Smith EE, Beuscart JB, Montero-Odasso M, Diong C, Arsenault-Lapierre G, Kosteniuk J, Sivananthan S, Bosson-Rieutort D, Le Berre M, Miskucza K, Vedel I, COVID-ROSA Research Team

Family practice2025

DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmaf105 PMID: 41569844

Development and Feasibility Study of HOPE Model for Prediction of Depression Among Older Adults Using Wi-Fi-based Motion Sensor Data: Machine Learning Study.

Nejadshamsi S, Karami V, Ghourchian N, Armanfard N, Bergman H, Grad R, Wilchesky M, Khanassov V, Vedel I, Abbasgholizadeh Rahimi S

JMIR aging2025

DOI: 10.2196/67715 PMID: 40053734

Canadian Adaptive Platform Trial of Treatments for COVID in Community Settings (CanTreatCOVID): protocol for a randomised controlled adaptive platform trial of treatments for acute SARS-CoV-2 infection in community settings

Hosseini B, Condon A, da Costa BR, Daley P, Greiver M, Jüni P, Lee TC, McBrien K, McDonald EG, Murthy S

BMJ Open20256 citations

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-097134

Long-term care staffs' experience in facilitating the use of videoconferencing by cognitively impaired long-term care residents during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods study.

Hardy MS, Fanaki C, Savoie C, Wilchesky M, Gagnon MP, Laberge M, Couture V, Côté A, Dallaire C, Voyer P, Gallani MC, Dallaire B, Gagnon É

BMC health services research2024

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-11095-9 PMID: 38769512

Artificial Intelligence for Detection of Dementia Using Motion Data: A Scoping Review.

Puterman-Salzman L, Katz J, Bergman H, Grad R, Khanassov V, Gore G, Vedel I, Wilchesky M, Armanfard N, Ghourchian N, Abbasgholizadeh Rahimi S

Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders extra2023

DOI: 10.1159/000533693 PMID: 37927529

Measuring Potentially Avoidable Acute Care Transfers From Long-Term Care Homes in Quebec: a Cross Sectional Study.

Cetin-Sahin D, Karanofsky M, Cummings GG, Vedel I, Wilchesky M

Canadian geriatrics journal : CGJ2023Senior author

DOI: 10.5770/cgj.26.620 PMID: 37662066

The OptimaMed intervention to reduce medication burden in nursing home residents with severe dementia: results from a pragmatic, controlled study.

Kröger E, Wilchesky M, Morin M, Carmichael PH, Marcotte M, Misson L, Plante J, Voyer P, Durand P

BMC geriatrics2023

DOI: 10.1186/s12877-023-04222-4 PMID: 37641020

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Machelle Wilchesky

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Implementation of pharmacists' services into the care trajectory of older adults with neurocognitive disorder in multidisciplinary primary care clinics: A mixed-methods study.

Barriers and facilitators to implement innovations in Canadian long-term care facilities: a longitudinal study of organizational readiness for knowledge translation.

Credentialed art therapy as a non-pharmacological intervention for neuropsychiatric symptoms reduction in persons living with dementia-a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Family physician and specialist care for persons with dementia living in the community: through thick and thin.

Development and Feasibility Study of HOPE Model for Prediction of Depression Among Older Adults Using Wi-Fi-based Motion Sensor Data: Machine Learning Study.

Canadian Adaptive Platform Trial of Treatments for COVID in Community Settings (CanTreatCOVID): protocol for a randomised controlled adaptive platform trial of treatments for acute SARS-CoV-2 infection in community settings

Long-term care staffs' experience in facilitating the use of videoconferencing by cognitively impaired long-term care residents during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods study.

Artificial Intelligence for Detection of Dementia Using Motion Data: A Scoping Review.

Measuring Potentially Avoidable Acute Care Transfers From Long-Term Care Homes in Quebec: a Cross Sectional Study.

The OptimaMed intervention to reduce medication burden in nursing home residents with severe dementia: results from a pragmatic, controlled study.

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